The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-19
General Scws.

Business good.
SMOKY ON the river.
TIE Lee liners are again on time.
TnR City OF Providence is due down on
her way To Nicksburg.
TnE Belle Memphis got 400 bales OF cast.
crn bound cotton at Grecnvillc.
Cart. FRANK STEIN is confined 10 his home
at Newport, Ky, with erysipclas
TnE Gayoso, due here Thursday, had not
arrived up To late hour last night.
TnE Eugene will probably be here in time
10 leave this evening for Arkansas river.
DURING the twcnty-four hours ending nj
noon yesterday the river here fell two
inches.
THE Rene Macrcaly, from Walnut Bend,
brought i3i bales Of cotton, ~ bags of seed
cotton and 20iG sacks Of cotton seed.
PILoT FR,yG FArNsrEY has quit the trans
fer Gen. picrsou, aud win do circular work
on the Hudson in the 81. Louis aud Nicks-
burg trade.
TuE wreck Of the Sunny Side. burned with
n cargo of cotton twenty years agn, is high
and dry, and her boiler, are still az Island 10
"A picnic for the Wrcckcr.
THE James Ice arrived from Frinrs Point
with 81 bales of cotton, 2Ol bags of seed cot
ton, and ! 400 sack, of cotton seed. She went
back last night with u good trip.
THE CITY 81 Cairo, from Nickshurg passed
"a -. Louis Yesterday. She put of here 81
bales Of cotton, ~ bags of seed cotton and
800 sacks OF cotton seed, aud added % tons
Of sundries
TmE lcyce at New Orleans is crowded with
new sugar aud molas,cs, which will bc trans.
ported north by mil instead oi steamer, IL
there i not On immediate rise In the Ohio
aud Mississippi
TnE Cplhoma, from the upper coast,
brought go bales ni cotton. 80 baps 81 sod
cotton, aud 2.iai -ncks 81 cotton sec,l. She
returned up the river Yesterday afternoon,
and will 60 ~ Ear ~ Golden Lake.
TnE council oi the village Of Middlcpori,
o., has spent 5000 IN purchasing riparian
rights below the site uf the proposed gov
eminent lee pier at that place, for which
money was appropriated az tile late session
Of Congress.
TnE Kate Adams arrived early yesterday
morning from Arkansas city with $40 bales
Of cotton, - bags Of seed cotton aud los
packages II sundrics. She went back YES
tcrlay afternoon with "a fine trip Oi both
freight and people.
THE steamer l'argoud, loaded with cotton,
caught fire Wednesday evening below Water
proof, In, on the inside bottom tier ~ cot.
ton. She was saved from destruction by the
prompt action ui the crew, who had To jetti.
son 800 bales ~ cotton.
THE Kate Adams James Ice, Cnahoma
and Rene Maccady, all behind time, arrived
yesterday morning discharged their cap,ocs,
and left in the evening on time. They were
delayed by the heavy fog and dense smoke
now prevailing on the river 10 was danger
Gus 10 run narrow crossings even In day
light.
TnE lighthouse tender Ivy made the fol
lowing changes 1T lights between Cairo and
St. Louis: Little Rock light moved M To
the foot 81 Turkey island l!nrlS' mp so
yarls Prizes, Illinois. down 90yurls; tmw-
iortl's over ~ the dry har; Bainbridgc down
OOO yards; Orient field up ioO yards.
TnE great iron steamer Charles +. Chou.
tcau, Capt. VIM II. Thorwcgan, arrived ycs-
tcrtlny morning from New Orleans with JGi
bales Of cotton, 500 sacks II cotton scc,l 80
hogshcnds aud 30 barrels of sugar s,l bar.
rrls OF molns-c, and 1jl bundles of shingles
The Choutolu leaves 40 ~ early hour ibis
morning for New Orleans aud all prominent
way landing. Andy J. Rowland " chief
clerk.
Tnr tow.boal PorfEads, Capt Davis, en-
route from New orleans to ~. Louie met
with an accident in the chute below the city
Thursday afternoon. She has in tow FIVE
bauscs. containing SpO tons of freight prin-
cipaly pig.irun. She was douhlc.irppins
her tow over President island bar, when
largo No. ~ innkcd in aud struck Whnt II
known a. the Nunconuah rocks Tho barge
struck tho rocks with such force that seventy
feet Of the hull on the Larbnari side was
crushed in. S,phuns Wcr Immediately nut
10 work aud th' Fad, worked her way slow
~ up the river arriving here yesterday
afternoon with the nlrgc in tow. She land
cd at the foot NJ Jefferson street, and laborcrs
arr now ~ work unloading the cargo, which
consists OF lup tons pt Scotch pig-irJn con-
signed 90 ~. Louis parties. Three syphons
aru kept at work pumping water from tho
hold uf the barge. The iron will b. unload.
rd this morning. Capt. Davis reports siv
feet OF water over ~" bar Tho D,ks are
right alongside the channel, and boats must
ram close TO them to gct through.